Alcheringa (journal)

Alcheringa
DisciplinePalaeontology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byBenjamin Kear
Publication details
History1975-present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
1.258 (2019)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Alcheringa
Indexing
ISSN0311-5518 (print)
1752-0754 (web)
LCCN2007247629
OCLC no.321020127
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Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of palaeontology and its ramifications into the Earth and biological sciences, especially the disciplines of taxonomy, biostratigraphy, micropalaeontology, vertebrate palaeontology, palaeobotany, palynology, palaeobiology, palaeoanatomy, palaeoecology, biostratinomy, biogeography, chronobiology, biogeochemistry and palichnology. It is the official journal of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists and is published by Taylor & Francis.

The journal was established in 1975. The name "Alcheringa" is derived from the Arrernte language of the Arrernte Aboriginal people of the Alice Springs area of central Australia, Northern Territory. "Alcheringa" (also spelled altjeringa) is the popularised English version of an Arrernte expression that means "in the beginning" or "from all eternity".[1] Alcheringa is also the name given to a 2.7-2.8 billion-year-old stromatolite from the Pilbara region of Western Australia[2] and symbolises the antiquity of life and its record in sedimentary rocks. An image of the stromatolite is illustrated on the cover of the journal.

  1. ^ Strehlow 1971, p. 614
  2. ^ Walter 1972, p. 123)